WALTER-KAHN-Obituary

WALTER KAHN

Washington, District of Columbia

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January 31, 2020
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Washington, District of Columbia

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 Walter Kurt Kahn  Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering, died of heart failure on January 31, 2020 at the age of 90. Born in Mannheim, Germany, he fled the Nazis with his brother and their parents, Simon Kahn and Hilde Ullmann Kahn, arriving in New York in July 1938. Walter, who...

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Dr. Kahn was my doctorate advisor and teacher for years. He was brilliant in a way we rarely see anymore. Instead of just understanding mathematical algorithms, He new why they worked as they did. He would share profound insights in minimum scattering array matrices in one moment, and the next thoroughly delight me by singing a nursery rhyme he learned as a child in Germany - completely in the German language. He was a national asset and a very dear friend and advisor. Even though I am...

Walter was a fine man - it was a privilege to have known him.